"Hunting the Hard Way" by Howard Hill is a great read. It was published in 1941 but is again available as a reprint with the original illustrations. Hill used longbows with 100# draw and killed bison from horseback at full gallop. And shot squirrels out of trees.
Spyder XL. $150. Take down recurve, AMO 64" ( very smooth shooter). 30-35# limbs to start. Limbs are about $77/set. GREAT shooting bow. Used to be called the Samick Journey, but now it is more refined. Easy decision. Get one, and don't look back. You do not have to apologize to anyone if you get one. Truly an outstanding bow, especially for the price.
I have one ( actually Samick Journey and Spyder XL), and it/ they shoot as well -or better than $600+++ bows. I have done well with it, and high!y recommend it.
I'll give a thumbs-up for the Spyder XL. I picked one up a few months ago, great shooting bow.
I started shooting the traditional bows almost three years ago. I have accumulated a few bows now, including a Toelke, Discovery, Satori, a few others.
The Spyder is my lowest price bow, and it shoots as good as any of them.
I tried all of those. Rick Welch is who I tried to emulate when I was still bowhunting. He is an amazing shooter. The.main thing is to settle on a style of shooting and practice it every chance you get. I shot a few arrows several timss a day year around when I was bowhunting.
Buddy stopped by today. Dropped off his old Hoyt Excel 21" riser and 32# Samick carbons. Itll be less than my new Blackwidow so see if my still screwed up shoulder/ arm can handle it. Makes for a 64" bow Needs a new string. Ill proly not go too skinny as fatter is nicer on my fingers. 15 strand most likely and maybe D97 Flemish.
I've been in the trad game for about 30 years. The PUSH, clum, snyder, Kaminski are where I would start.
Best easy money is masters of the barebow volume 3. Its a dvd that does a great job of shot dissection and mirrors clum for the most part.
Originally Posted by BrentD
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
one of the best recurve brand bows is Black Widow ,Black Widow also makes nice long bows too .Black Widow BOWS are custom American made bows . Black Widow bows are not cheap but an excellent custom traditional bow. my son has 3 Black Widow bows - 2 recurves and 1 long bow has done well using them .
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